augmented matrix
(mathematics) The matrix of the coefficients, together with the constant terms, in a system of linear equations.
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(mathematics) The matrix of the coefficients, together with the constant terms, in a system of linear equations.
In linear algebra, the augmented matrix of a matrix is obtained by combining two matrices.
Given the matrices A and B, where

Then, the augmented matrix (A|B) is written as:

This is useful when solving systems of linear equations given by square matrices. They may also be used to find the inverse of a matrix. By reducing the matrix into row-echelon form, where the consistency (or inconsistency) of the system can be read off.
Let C be a square 2×2 matrix where 
To find the inverse of C we create (C|I) where I is the 2×2 identity matrix. We then reduce the part of (C|I) corresponding to C to the identity matrix using only elementary matrix transformations on (C|I).


As used in linear algebra, an augmented matrix is used to represent the coefficients as well as the constants of each equation. For the set of equations:
Failed to parse (unknown function\begin): \begin{array}{rcl} x_1 + 2x_2 + 3x_3 &=& 0 \\ 3x_1 + 4x_2 + 7x_3 &=& 2 \\ 6x_1 + 5x_2 + 9x_3 &=& 11 \end{array}
the augmented matrix would be composed of

and

Leaving us with:
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